Rank 01Games like Polarity
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- Updated May 4, 2026
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: Bluebutton Games
- Price: $12.99checked Nov 8
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 74% of 1,714 reviews
- Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Achievement collection is straightforward
- Local co op adds replay value
- Minimalist low poly aesthetic
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
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About Polarity
The closest matches to Polarity: Camera Obscura, Portal 2, Waveform, The Talos Principle, and POPUCOM. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Polarity is your kind of game, the closest matches are Camera Obscura, Portal 2 and Waveform — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its cube physics and fragment collection. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Polarity is a first-person puzzle platformer developed and published by Bluebutton Games, released in 2016 at $12.99. Players navigate environments by switching between red and blue polarity, manipulating cube physics and rotating rooms to collect fragments and reach objectives. The game features a full local co-op campaign alongside its single-player mode, and is marked as Playable on Steam Deck. Reviewers describe the minimalist low-poly aesthetic as atmospheric and retro, while players highlight the polarity-switching mechanics as a fresh take on the puzzle platformer genre. The physics-based puzzles are described as satisfying, and the local co-op adds significant replay value. Achievements are noted as straightforward to collect. With a length described as short and difficulty as chill, Polarity supports short play sessions and holds a 74% positive rating from 1714 Steam reviews.
About Polarity: Polarity takes it to the next level, demanding all of your wits and reflexes. Full-featured local co-op campaign.
Is Polarity worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 74% of 1,714 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $12.99 (checked Nov 9).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 3 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 4 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Achievement collection is straightforward
- Local co op adds replay value
- Minimalist low poly aesthetic
- Physics based puzzles are satisfying
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Once I load into the game, I can't move at all. I tried all my keys, restarted the game and such. Terrible this is.”
“One of the most bland and basic puzzle games. Definitely not made to last either, seemingly the game glitches nowadays and if you're not externally capping your game to 60fps jumping is borderline impossible as the extra frames seems to…”
People who play it also play: Camera Obscura, Portal 2, Waveform
Frequently asked about Polarity
Can I run it?
Does Polarity run on Steam Deck?
Polarity is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Polarity cost?
Polarity is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Polarity have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Polarity supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Polarity?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Polarity are Camera Obscura, Portal 2, Waveform.
Who developed Polarity?
Polarity was developed by Bluebutton Games.